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Balvenie / Speyside

BALVENIE 17 Years Old Peated Cask Limited Edition

1.48× mild premium 17yo rating 5.0/5 · n=2
cheapest
€295.00
whisky.fr
intrinsic
€199.68
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1

Is it worth the price?

BALVENIE 17 Years Old Peated Cask Limited Edition is a Speyside single malt Scotch from the Balvenie distillery, bottled at 17 years old. Tasters score it 5.0 out of 5 across 2 reviews. A single retailer lists it at €295.00, against a model fair price of around €199.68. That is 1.48× the model estimate — a mild premium over the quality-predicted price. Of the 8 Balvenie bottlings priced here, this is the weakest value.

Retailers tracked

Retailer Price
whisky.fr €295.00

How we got this number

The valuation model predicts a price from this bottling's inputs. The multiple is the actual market price divided by that prediction.

Inputs
Rating
5.00 / 5
Age
17yo
Region
Speyside
Distillery tier
Premium
Result
Predicted price
€199.68
Actual price (median)
€295.00
Multiple
1.48×
Verdict band
mild premium (1.20× < … ≤ 2.00×)

See the regression's coefficients →

Methodology estimate

The deterministic model from methodology.md: production cost per litre × bottle size, plus maturation cost per year, plus a cask premium, times an ABV factor — then multiplied by a quality grade summed across six 0–3 axes.

Cost floor
Production (€0.14/cl × 70 cl)
€9.80
Maturation (17 × €1.20/year)
€37.48
Cask premium (undeclared)
+€0.00
× ABV factor
×1.05
Cost floor
€49.64
Quality grade (six 0–3 axes)
  • Process distinctness
    partial estate barley / floor malting on site; partial floor malting; own cooperage; on-site coppersmith
    3 / 3
  • Cask provenance
    cask type not declared on bottle; partial single-estate malt
    0 / 3
  • Bottling integrity
    43.0% ABV; chill-filtration not disclosed; E150a caramel colouring not disclosed
    1 / 3
  • Ownership
    William Grant & Sons (family corporate) — production-led corporate
    1 / 3
  • Heritage
    founded 1892 (134 years of operation)
    2 / 3
  • Reputation
    5.0/5 across 2 reviews
    2 / 3
Quality score
9 / 18
Quality multiplier
×1.75
Intrinsic and multiple
Intrinsic value
€86.87
Actual price (median)
€295.00
Multiple
3.40×
Verdict band
brand premium

Maturation context

Speyside · rolling 12 months: 765 mm at Aberlour (5 km). Scotland N rolling 12-month rainfall2,223 mm, +30.70% vs 1995-2024 median.

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